Position Description

The Chief Development Officer is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing all Traffick911’s

revenue generation, marketing, and communications. Under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer,

the Chief Development Officer oversees major gifts, grants, special events, donor cultivation, and capital

campaigns by building a diversified fundraising portfolio and fostering and maintaining positive

relationships with stakeholders. The Chief Development Officer must be able to think strategically and

practically to implement a comprehensive and results-oriented development plan that includes traditional

and innovative strategies while effectively communicating organizational plans and priorities derived from

Traffick911’s strategic plan as part of the executive leadership team.

Major Areas of Responsibility

Fundraising and Advancement

• Strategize and manage fundraising and donor stewardship programs across the organization.

• Develop, establish, and implement the fundraising infrastructure needed to advance the

organization with existing and new stakeholders.

• Grow major gifts through identification, cultivation, and solicitation of major donors.

• Manage a portfolio of top donors by implementing personalized strategies, maintaining regular

communication, and providing personalized acknowledgements.

• Develop and ensure execution of donor stewardship communication plan

• Oversee all grant writing initiatives and manage all secured grants including grant reporting

• Collaborate closely with program support team on front and back ends of grants to ensure

alignment

• Secure restricted and unrestricted funding by identifying grant opportunities, preparing

proposals, and managing foundations relationships.

• Oversee fundraising databases and ensure accurate and up-to-date records are maintained to

support effective communication and stewardship.

• Regularly analyze fundraising data and maintain data integrity across organization systems

alongside the Finance Manager.

Mission Engagement

• Oversee all external events for the organization including fundraising, partner appreciation,

volunteer and community outreach.

• Collaborate within the anti-trafficking movement to develop comprehensive community

engagement strategies, strengthen awareness efforts, and maximize the organizations impact.

• Act as an ambassador for the organization through public appearances and speaking

engagements.

• Solicit new supporters through outreach strategies and community engagement that aligns with

the organizations fundraising goals.

• Oversee volunteer program including recruitment, screening, training, and communication

Communications

• Implement a comprehensive marketing and communications strategy that advances the

organizations mission.

• Lead the advancement of all external communications and brand management through social

media, email marketing, direct mail, print, and web.

• Strategize fundraising print and digital assets for maximum impact and engagement.

• Stay up to date with the latest sex trafficking news, events, and best practices in the field as it

relates to ethically communicating on the topic of sex trafficking and act as a subject matter

expert in this area.

Additional Responsibilities

• Serve on the executive leadership team, providing wide-lens feedback, insight, and

recommendations for the organization.

• Supervise development and marketing staff.

• Enhance organization excellence by meeting fundraising benchmarks and timelines needed to

achieve strategic goals.

Required Skills

• Embrace and be relentlessly passionate about the mission of Traffick911

• Ability to impactfully articulate organizational mission, values, and stories

• Demonstrate servant leadership and exemplifies a collaborative, decisive, motivating, and

engaging communication style

• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills

• Authentic concern for people and community, demonstrate presence, self-confidence, and

exceptional listening ability

• Ease and comfortability in meeting new people and starting conversations

• Excellent and creative written, interpersonal, and verbal communication skills

• Extreme tact, discretion, and self-awareness

• Ability to balance multiple priorities in a complex environment

• Self-starter and goal-oriented

• Working knowledge of development best practices, trends in development, fundraising tools,

and technology, including donor databases, e-mail and online campaigns, and donor research

• Possess the skills to work with and motivate staff, board members and volunteers

• Thorough understanding of social media platforms and ability to leverage platforms in

fundraising strategies

• Excellent technology skills, including working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, Google Drive

• Adhere to policies related to boundaries with youth

• Attend required abuse risk management training

• Adhere to procedures related to managing high-risk activities and supervising youth

• Report suspicious or inappropriate behaviors and policy violations

• Follow mandated abuse reporting requirement

Education Experience

• Minimum of ten years in non-profit fundraising and communication, including leading teams

• Proven track record of fundraising success, particularly by securing major gifts,

successfully managing campaigns, engaging a community of motivated supporters,

and achieving fundraising goals/objectives

• Experience overseeing grant writing and grant reporting

• Experience with developing and maintaining foundation relationships

• Experience in public speaking

• Experience working within donor databases/CRM

Critical Qualities

• Adhere to Traffick911’s Core Values and Code of Ethics (traffick911.com/mission-values)

• Mature Christian faith

• Professional

• Humble and resilient

• Pursues excellence

• Culturally aware and appreciative of differences

• Strong work ethic

• Innovative problem solver

• Ability to build trust and strong partnerships with others

• Courageous in pursuing opportunities and challenges

• Tenacious in achieving goals

Physical Demands

Job will be performed in Traffick911’s office in Addison, TX as well as traveling to various counties

surrounding Dallas/Fort Worth. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with

disabilities to perform the described essential functions.

Work Environment

The Traffick911 work environment is an open floor plan. Ability to concentrate with ambient

conversations is required. There are areas of the office for focused work. Reasonable accommodations

may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Benefits and Salary

Traffick911’s benefits package includes group medical, dental and vision insurance; paid holidays,

extended vacation time for ample self-care, and sick leave.

Job Type

Full-time exempt

Traffick911 exists with the sole purpose of freeing youth from sex trafficking by building trust-based relationships. This is accomplished by a 24/7 crisis response and the Voice & Choice Program Team walking alongside child sex trafficking victims and with Multi-Disciplinary Team partners. Traffick911 was founded in 2009 by a community activist who discovered that child sex trafficking was happening in North Texas. Over its history, the organization’s abolition efforts include training over 82,000 youth and adults face-to-face with prevention and awareness messages, training over 18,000 first responders, and directly serving over 1,300 survivors.

Mission: To free youth from sex trafficking through trust-based relationships

Vision: Communities free from relational brokenness

Values: Hope, humility, and humanity